It makes me wonder if they know. Do they know people are giving them a chance? Do they know toleration is an extraordinarily mild way of describing what others are going through while around them? Do they realize their toxicity and just accept it?

It may sound like I’m ranting, and maybe I am a little, but I’m really intrigued by this personality trait. I’m very interested in the intrusiveness and wrecking ball effect these people have on our lives. I’m even more fascinated (somewhat) in why we tend to “put up” with them.

You know the horrific aftermath of a nuclear bomb, yet you patiently wait as it’s being created then are expected to look away while it is being dropped.

Is it just easier? What is going on here? Why?

Are we to blame?

I think it all comes down to a bit of naivety alongside our seemingly natural drift toward mediocrity. Sometimes it’s hard to be good to ourselves.

Either way it’s bad. So I invite you all to join me in first identifying these “special” ones, then happily deleting them from your life.